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“Envy was once considered to be one of the seven deadly sins before it became one of the most admired virtues under its new name, ‘social justice.’” — Thomas Sowell

Francis Schaeffer speaking words that our culture needs just as desperately now as it did when he gave this speech in 1982: "Increasingly, we find on every side, the medical profession has changed its views. The view now is, Is this life worth saving? I look at you. You're an older congregation than I'm usually used to speaking to. You better think, because this means you. It does not stop with abortion and infanticide. It stops with the question, What about the old person? Is he worth hanging on to? Is he worth hanging on to? Should we, as they're doing in England, in this awful, awful organization, Exit, teach older people to commit suicide? Should we help them get rid of them because they're an economic burden, a nuisance? I want to tell you, once you begin chipping away in the medical profession at the intrinsic value of human life founded upon the Judeo-Christian concept that man is unique because he is made in the image of God, and his value is not because he's well, strong, a consumer, a sex object, or any other thing. His value is intrinsic because he is unique in the universe as made in the image of God! That is where whatever compassion this country has, and certainly it's far from perfect, and it's never been perfect, nor out of the Reformation has there been a golden age, but whatever compassion there's ever been, it's rooted in the fact that our culture knows that man is unique as made in the image of God. Take it away, and I just say gently, the stopper is out of the bathtub for all human life."

Last night Ben Sasse confirmed my suspicion that Dr. Santiago Schnell, provost at Dartmouth, is quickly becoming the single most influential voice in higher education. If you haven’t already read his essay on AI that broke the internet you should. “AI has not created new educational problems; it has made old ones impossible to ignore. The habit of rewarding performance over understanding, fluency over depth, and polish over genuine engagement was already present in our institutions before the first language model was trained. AI simply industrializes and accelerates those habits until their emptiness becomes undeniable…” ncregister.com/commentaries/s…

Thomas Sowell: “When the bad guys were behind bars, they didn’t commit as many crimes.” “Even in a high crime area, the great majority of people are not criminals. If you just put your hands on those who are raising hell and take them out of circulation, the crime rate drops.”

One of my favourite quotes comes from an obscure book written by a Scottish mountaineer in the 50s

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Thomas Sowell explains how African-Americans can take control of their future. Would you agree?

Three happy beloved children we have watched from birth. God bless them, grant them health and keep them safe. Forever and ever 🙏🏻

Wishing Prince Louis a very happy 8th birthday today! His Royal Highness is pictured here with The Princess of Wales at the Together at Christmas carol service in the Abbey last year.

« Je suis épuisé mon frère, je suis épuisé, j'ai tout vu. Ce n'est pas une guerre, mon frère. » Ce vieil homme, dont 70 membres de sa famille ont été tués par l'armée d'occupation israélienne, décrit en pleurant la cruauté qui s'abat sur les palestiniens.

I’m in love with this quote “Do not carry the worries of this life because this is for Allah. And do not carry the worries of sustenance because it is from Allah. And do not carry the anxiety for the future because it is in the Hands of Allah” -Ibn al-Qayyīm رحمه الله

Their scam worked for decades

Thomas Sowell: "I'm afraid that I haven't even looked for the causes of poverty. I regard poverty is just simply the absence of wealth. So what I look for are the things that cause wealth to occur."

Almost startling how relevant this still is.

Thomas Sowell on why he abandoned Marxism: “I was a Marxist in my 20s... I thought that if the government took control of various things, they could do a lot—particularly for people who were poor or less unfortunate.” “Over time, I learned that really does not work.”